Math

Math to me is a very fun subject. I think that the different levels to math are good to have so you're able to learn the different materials in all different courses. Mathophobia definitely happens to a lot of people. Everybody has many different views on math. Some people might find it very difficult and others might find it easy. I sometimes think math can be very easy but other times I barely can understand what is being taught to me. Getting extra help is definitely a must, especially if you do not understand anything that was going on in that class or even previous classes. I personally think that I can have mathophobia, but only sometimes. Math is my favorite subject and always has been. When I really don't get what is being taught to me I might tend to get mathophobia. Having this throughout my academics has taught me that you can't be scared of something if you feel that you can't figure out whatever the question might be. If you are struggling on a certain problem there is always help available and sometimes the question might be so simple but you’re working yourself so much that you can’t focus on how to figure it out. For me to overcome it I think I will have to be able to get help if needed and just take deep breathes when I see a question I might now understand. I think that teaching math can be a little more difficult than learning it at some points because throughout my life of being in school learning math some of my teachers would always say “I don’t really know how to explain how to really solve it in a way that everybody will understand.” Everybody has different methods on how to solve math problems and also teach math. I feel like taking this course is really going to show me the true meaning of not only teaching math but being able to explain how you got the answer you did in much more detail than usual. Math all together is one of the most important courses to take personally. You use math every day in your life, even its just simple adding. I am a cashier at a grocery store so I use math all the time. Most people think that math is very important in everyday life. From just the first couple days of being in this math course has showed me that math isn’t always easy. We were all given a different level of math tests up to 6^th grade I believe and most of us couldn’t even figure out what to do and it was just a simple word problem. We all struggled to figure out how the person got the answer they did and how we could follow along to get the same answer. I really think that this course is going to be very interesting and a new experience for me personally. I hope to have as much fun and make this course fun!